Gezza

This afternoon I'll reveal No 101 and do the recap with voters chart

NO 102- 61 POINTS EURYTHMICS (76) (Voters: Lillanv273- 15pts, AH Gold- 10pts, Marcinjaro- 30pts, Popchartfreak- 6pts) 24 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART)-(#1, 1985) TRKKcOCDeqA CRANBERRIES (79) (Voters: xajnipi- 20pts, Lukuzz- 1pt, Padamic Tension- 3pts, GreyAsh- 22pts, Jester- 8pts, Dark Horse- 7pts) 9 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SALVATION (#13, 1996) PROMISES (#13, 1999) mP4-9h4b1KU SIMON & GARFUNKEL (NEW) (Voters: Rio309- 10pts, DoBelieveTheHype- 9pts, Chartjack2- 22pts, Popchartfreak- 4pts, JulianT-16pts) 7 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (#1, 1970) 6JUbFj0BIc4

Tomorrow is a big day for the rate as we recap what's gone, look at what's left, and of course update the voters chart- just who is on top? Oh by the way someone else will lose their 30 pointer in the mix!

NO 105- 60 POINTS N-SYNC (78) (voters: Vibe- 13pts, …Ready For It- 21pts, Jay- 1pt, JordanLee- 3pts, Riser- 22pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: GIRLFRIEND (#2, 2002) ZiU1Iysqq2Y MIS-TEEQ (112) (Voters: Vibe- 15pts, JosephBoone- 10pts, Bris29- 7pts, GreyAsh- 14pts, jra1989- 12pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 2pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALL I WANT (#2, 2001) SCANDALOUS (#2, 2003) Ki83g2ZjqDw LIBERTY X (129) (Voters: Electroboy- 20pts, Jay- 11pts, jra1989- 4pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 25pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: JUST A LITTLE (#1, 2002) hOIxOz1AKek

NO 108- 59 POINTS FIVE (60) (Voters: Vibe- 20pts, Electroboy- 3pts, Bris29- 10pts, ….Ready For It- 4pts, Jay- 4pts, Dark Horse- 5pts, Jason- 5pts, One_For_Sorrow- 8pts) 11 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: KEEP ON MOVIN (#1, 1999) WE WILL ROCK YOU (#1, 2000) LET’S DANCE (#1, 2001) 3xabIFLwAfI

NO 109- 58 POINTS BRING ME THE HORIZON (129) (Voters: Cow P- 21pts, WhoOdyssey- 29pts, Rio309- 5pts, Lukuzz- 3pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: DROWN (#17, 2014) tDf7SBRmrvE

NO 110- 57 POINTS THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (169) (Voters: Vibe- 1pt, DarrenJames- 29pts, AaronTM- 23pts, Dandy*- 4pts) 22 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: A LITTLE TIME (#1, 1990) 4O5EA3zVpBg

Tomorrow we have an act who attracted a new rate best of 8 voters!

NO 111- 56 POINTS MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (75) (Voter: Cow P- 22pts, Rio309- 12pts, Quartonworks- 10pts, Jason- 12pts) 9 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE (#1, 2006) KjmAlRDvKnQ E.L.O (123) (Voter: King Rollo- 30pts, Popchartfreak- 26pts) 27 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: XANADU (#1, 1980) G256YLZEYJg THE ROLLING STONES (150) (Voter: Leonardo- 10pts, Lillanv273- 8pts, Chartjack2- 18pts, JulianT- 20pts) 44 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: IT’S ALL OVER NOW (#1, 1964), LITTLE RED ROOSTER (#1, 1964) THE LAST TIME (#1, 1965) (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION (#1, 1965) GET OFF MY CLOUD (#1, 1965) PAINT IT BLACK (#1, 1966) JUMPIN JACK FLASH (#1, 1968) HONKY TONK WOMAN (#1, 1969) 2K7jMLS-7iw

NO 114- 55 POINTS HEART (110) (Voter: Cow P- 17pts, GreyAsh- 19pts, Mango- 19pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALONE (#3, 1987) z3ezqy4qQps

Welcome. Also on the BPI website historically the certification date was always given as the first of the month regardless of when it actually got certified in the month. So DYWM is in the database for platinum on 1.1.82 even though it got certified at the end of the month. It's possible that the OCC overlooked that and took the first of January as its literal certification and therefore proof that it sold a million by new years day (thereby making it 1981's best seller) whereas it was the 31st of January in fact

I bring bad news............Another 30 pointer won't be going further than tomorrow!

NO 115- 54 POINTS BLINK 182 (98) (Voter: Scene- 4pts, Cow P- 15pts, WhoOdyssey- 27pts, xajnipi- 3pts, Lukuzz- 4pts, One_For_Sorrow- 1pt) 11 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALL THE SMALL THINGS (#2, 2000) vqr2bk0mRaw 10CC (150) (Voter: King Rollo- 25pts, PeteFromLeeds- 7pts, Popchartfreak- 22pts) 12 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: RUBBER BULLETS (#1, 1973) I’M NOT IN LOVE (#1, 1975) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY (#1, 1978) -tqSIpr0T0w DELIRIOUS? (NEW) (Voter: Smint- 27pts, PeteFromLeeds- 27pts) 7 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: HISTORY MAKERS (#4, 2010) iDIOiFhBw_U

You're quite right- my mistake! (though I think my first error so far so I'll still call that a victory!)- spreadsheet altered!

NO 118- 53 POINTS THE HONEYZ (95) (Voters: Vibe- 16pts, AaronTM- 7pts, Jay- 10pts, jra1989- 8pts, One_For_Sorrow- 7pts, Gooddelta- 5pts) 7 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: FINALLY FOUND (#4, 1998) B4nE_A__U4k

NO 119- 52 POINTS PLACEBO (64) (Voters: Gezza- 24pts, Electroboy- 8pts, xajnipi-13pts, Dandy*-7pts) 15 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: NANCY BOY (#4, 1997) PURE MORNING (#4,1998) 8WEDyXpmEz8 THE KINKS (206) (Voters: DoBelieveTheHype- 5pts, Chartjack2- 26pts, JulianT- 21pts) 21 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: YOU REALLY GOT ME (#1, 1964) TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU (#1, 1965) SUNNY AFTERNOON (#1, 1966) p_u0gn1I8xQ

NO 121- 51 POINTS GENESIS (92) (Voter: Gezza- 3pts, …Ready For It- 19pts, King Rollo- 29pts) 20 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: MAMA (#4, 1983) F-3unR3sU74 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER (100) (Voter: Electroboy- 2pts, JosephBoone- 21pts, Jay- 14pts, Jason- 14pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SHE LOOKS SO PERECT (#1, 2014) F3zrtcm6p3I TEARS FOR FEARS (118) (Voter: Jester- 5pts, King Rollo- 20pts, Marcinjaro- 6pts, Popchartfreak- 13pts, Stonedragon- 7pts) 16 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (#2, 1985) W7T5ICRvjk4 BLACKPINK (281)(Voter: Josh!- 1pt, JosephBoone- 5pts, Detonate- 15pts, LewisGT- 30pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SOUR CANDY (#17, 2020) t0RcZWn085g

It's been a while since anyone lost their 30 pointer........Someone will tomorrow.....

NO 125- 50 POINTS THE STEREOPHONICS (96) (Voter: DarrenJames- 27pts, Lukuzz- 14pts, JordanLee- 9pts) 25 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: DAKOTA (#1, 2005) d8596DNZkBM SLADE (NEW) (Voter: Gezza- 17pts, Mack- 14pts, Chartjack2- 19pts) 24 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: COZ I LUV YOU (#1, 1971) TAKE ME BACK OME (#1, 1972) MAMA WE’RE ALL CRAZEE NOW (#1, 1972) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE (#1, 1973) SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME (#1, 1973) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY (#1, 1973) 1pPL9PPy1MI

NO 127- 48 POINTS SUPERGRASS (240) (Voter: Jester- 22pts, Roba- 26pts) 14 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALRIGHT/ TIME (#2, 1995) RICHARD III (#2, 1997) JSu5yG1hVE0 NICO & VINZ (NEW) (Voter: Cow P- 19pts, PeteFromLeeds- 29pts) 2 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: AM I RIGHT: (#1, 2014) lKceHnMhwgQ

So I've done some more digging. Certifications back in the 80s were done only when the record company requested them from the BPI. Once the request was received the BPI would then audit the sales to ensure that it had in fact reached that level of shipments and would then give the award. "Don't You Want Me" achieved platinum status on W/E 6/2/82 by which time the panel sales for it indicate a sale of approx 672k which would in turn make the missing week of sales around 327k and if we add that sale to the "known" sales of DYWM in 81 that would make it the third best seller of the year and still over 50k behind Soft Cell. By the end of January there would not be much stock left in shops given it was at that point falling fast and was outside the top 20 so it would just have trickled over the million mark, it only sold about 65k for the rest of 1982 after this point in a run 28-54-66 chartwise. Again certifications were given on shipments not sales so sales would have been lagging slightly behind again reducing that 327k figure down slightly. Like I say i would be loathed to add it given that other tracks wouldn't get theirs added (including TL and S&D) so not a level playing field. In any case definitely NOT the best seller of 1981

NO 129- 47 POINTS SPARKS (169) (Voter: AH Gold- 27pts, King Rollo- 2pts, Seven- 18pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US (#2, 1974) qCx9Ug3TH3I SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA (206) (Voter: Electroboy- 14pts, Mack- 4pts, JodranLee- 20pts, Jason-9 pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD (#1, 2012) PkQ5rEJaTmk JLS (NEW) (Voter: Electroboy- 23 pts, JosephBoone- 13pts, Jay- 3pts, JordanLee- 8pts) 13 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: BEAT AGAIN (#1, 2009) EVERYBODY IN LOVE (#1, 2009) THE CLUB IS ALIVE (#1, 2010) LOVE YOU MORE (#1, 2010) SHE MAKES ME WANNA (#1, 2011) WISHING ON A STAR (#1, 2011) JVY_f1tKRr8 TALKING HEADS (NEW) (Voter: Severin- 18pts, Seven- 29pts) 3 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HITS: ROAD TO NOWHERE (#6, 1985) cl3B_FTDKD0

NO 133- 46 POINTS THE VACCINES (105) (Voter: Josh!- 11pts, WhoOdyssey- 10pts, Jimwatts- 13pts, Rogue- 12pts) 4 UK TOP HITS BIGGEST HIT: POST BREAK-UP SEX (#32, 2011) GHL8YnYwics KRAFTWERK (267) (Voter: Jade- 27pts, Seven- 19pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: THE MODEL/ COMPUTER LOVE (#1, 1982) D_8Pma1vHmw CHASE & STATUS (NEW) (Voter: Cow P- 26pts, Jimwatts- 10-pts, Jason- 10pts) 12 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: BLIND FAITH (#5, 2011) COUNT ON ME (#5, 2013) BADDADAN (#5, 2023) tACV1wsINHE

I imagine April 97 will be skipped as well

Drugs back in the 90s but currently facing charges of sex offences.